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प्रश्न
“One day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream. ” The story begins in a mood of nostalgia. Can you narrate some incident from your childhood that might make an interesting story?
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Life is a gift to be used every day,
Not to be smothered and hidden away,
It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest
Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best;
It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then
And promptly put back in a dark place again
Life is a gift that the humblest may boast of
And one that the humblest may well make the most of
Get out and live it each hour of the day,
Wear it and use it as much as you may,
Don’t keep it in niches and corners and grooves,
You’ll find that in service its beauty improves.
(1) What do we treasure in a chest?
(2) How does the poet went us to use the gift of life?
(3) Do you agree that life should be measured un deeds and not in years? Why?
(4) Which words in the poem mean the following :
(a) Kept from developing
(b) Hollow places in a wall
(5) Life is a gift to be used every day. [Name and explain the figure of speech]
Answer any four of the following questions in 30-40 words each:
(a) Why did Franz not want to go to school that day?
(b) What was Sophie's ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that?
(c) What kind of pain does Kamala Das feel in 'My Mother at Sixty-six'?
(d) How can 'mighty dead' be things of beauty?
(e) Why was the Maharaja once in danger of losing his kingdom?
(f) What was the basic plot of each story told by Jack?
Answer the following question in 120-150 words:
What kind of life did Silas lead at Lantern Yard?
What do elephants do to prevent water from evaporating ?
Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?
Briefly comment on:
The author’s meeting with Norbu.
Tick the statement that is true.
Rajendra Desphande was a historical event.
'Have you come back?' said the woman.'I thought that no one had come back.'
Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it?
Comment on the indifference that meets Iona's attempts to share his grief with his fellow human beings.
The Cloud ‘fuses together a creative myth, a scientific monograph, and a gay picaresque tale of cloud adventure': explain.
Make groups and discuss the following:
What inspired them to spend the best part of their lives to research and share their findings?
Say why the speaker of the poem wishes to be a -
gardener
Go through the text again and find the reasons that forced Peter to shoot down a person.
- The keepers spotted him.
- _________________________
- _________________________
Little creatures in nature can also be your teachers. Think and write what we can learn from the following.
Bees:
Think and answer in your own words in your notebook.
Does the poem urge us to protect only worms? What is the general message conveyed through this poem?
Correct the following statement.
The real ivy leaf did not fall off at all.
‘Dull would he be of soul who could pass by.’
This line of the poem can be rewritten as:
'He would be of a dull soul.'
The figure of speech is known as ‘Inversion’.
Find out one more example of Inversion from the poem.
Justify the verdict delivered in the poem.
I can support my answer with the help of the following suitable arguments:
- _______________________
- _______________________
- _______________________
Read the lesson and name the following.
Anaesthetics used from mid 19th century ______
Read the text and enlist the achievements and honours of Ramanujan, received in England.
Fill in the elements that you find in the drama script of ‘A Battle to Baffle.'
Characters:
- Background Scene:
- Crisis:
- Steps taken to resolve the crisis:
- Climax:
- The end:
Define drama.
Draw a character sketch of Oberon as an enemy of his wife but a friend of the lovers.
Show the stages in the process in which Krakatoa collapsed and then Anak Krakatoa formed in the course of volcanic eruptions. Use the flowchart given below.
Select the correct options :
A Midsummer-Night’s Dream is a ___________________.
- poetic drama
- comedy of errors
- a comedy based on fantasy
- a character play
- a revenge tragedy
- belongs to realm of dreams
On any one page, note against the speech of every character what feelings it should show to bring out the meaning best. For example, joy, fear, anger, nervousness, friendliness, dislike, surprise, wonder, excitement, politeness, rudeness, cunning, curiosity.
List five questions from the play which can be answered with 'yes' or 'no'.
Expand the following ideas in a paragraph or two:-
Where there is a will, there is a way.
Write a conversation between a donkey and a dog.
Antonio had gone on a long voyage.
Write an imaginary telephone conversation in which you invite your friend to the above function.
Form groups of 4-5. Read the following sentences aloud. Using your imagination and with the help of group discussion, write other situations in which the sentences can be used.
- The outcome: disappointment and anger.
- The hour of battle had sounded
- What a chase!
- This was our chance, .........
Choose the appropriate phrase to insert in the gap, to make the sentence meaningful. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
After I took the medicine, I ______ ______ the pain.
Listen carefully and guess how the sentence would end.
When the students saw the question paper, they were ______.
Write some more expressions like ‘hundreds of’. Expand each expression.
Example, ‘Hundreds of children in the school.’
Read the following line from the poem and answer the question that follow.
My heart will keep the courage of the quest And hope the road's last turn will be the best.
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My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road's last turn will be the best. |
- What kind of quest does the poet seek here?
- What is the poet’s hope?
____________ had provided Prospero formerly with books and provisions.
Read the data below and answer the following question.
Choose the correct answer.
What is the data about?
What story did grandfather tell them about the haunted hill?
He always had lunch with his family.
It is a problem for sea turtles to come ashore because ______.
A sea turtle camouflages its nest by tossing sand on it to ______.
Name the planets the poet flies through.
How was he honoured by the Indian government?
Try your own.
What did Anitha eat in the expo?
Anbu was talented in catching______.
Every ______ they would go fishing.
They fed fish with______.
Meena’s father was a fisher man.
Find and write the clues.
Clue for lame ______.
Why did Jana chase the squirrel?
Are you the first to protect the nature?
Speak and win.
Join in any group. Support or oppose using 4 to 5 sentences to win.
| I support Divya. | I oppose Divya. |
He got an admission to study at Stanford University ______.
What did the books in the library look like ?
Which of the following should one avoid while using social media? Tick against the correct options.
Why is it not advisable to play online games?
Being a bachelor, the stranger had no patience with children.
